Poor hosting can be a headache. Downtime, slow load times and bad support can make running a website a real chore. A bad hosting account is an anchor that can keep good sites from soaring and drown more average ones before they can improve. Here are five ways bad hosting could cause you problems. 1. […]

Moving from host to host can be time-consuming and problematic, even if you’re relatively comfortable with hosting. At the same time, relying on migration services feels risky. After all, your data is valuable, and you can’t oversee the process once it’s started: you’re putting your trust in a new company that you haven’t much experience […]

When you’re moving from one web host to another, the last thing you want is a break in service. Moving doesn’t have to result in downtime. Here’s a checklist for moving day. 1. New Account Setup Open your new hosting account and make sure you have all the passwords you need. Normally you’ll get the […]

If you’re not happy with your host, why haven’t you done anything about it yet? It’s all too easy to make excuses. But the consequences of staying could be worse than the consequences of leaving. Here are five common excuses we all use. 1. The Hosting Contract Some hosts offer big discounts for long-term signups. […]

Server-side includes (SSI) used to be a major plus point in hosting. Back when HTML was king, SSI added a dynamic element to website development. But SSI has now largely been left behind. Is it worth revisiting? The Basics of SSI SSI is designed to support large, complex websites. It helped to prevent unnecessary duplication of […]

Web hosting has come on in leaps and bounds over the last five years. Some of the features we enjoy today were highly unusual in the last decade. Let’s take a nostalgic look at some of the key improvements to hosting packages in recent years. 1. IMAP Email Until recently, hosts favoured POP3 email. It […]

Pingdom, a remote site monitoring service, has introduced a new WordPress plugin that displays service status at a glance. Best of all, it is free and can be used with any self-hosted WordPress installation. How the Pingdom Plugin Works First, you need a Pingdom account. There’s a free account for monitoring one site. You then […]

If you have strong opinions on a host, make sure you write a hosting review. It really does help other potential customers to cut through the marketing spiel. You don’t have to be a master poet to write a good review, but you do have to know what to cover. Here’s how to compose the […]

Back in June, I penned an article about five lies your host may be telling you, aimed at debunking, or at least questioning, some of the more common marketing claims that hosts use. However, the misinformation doesn’t necessarily end when you’ve become a customer. In many cases, the fibs have only begun. To be clear […]